All Promise Records

Obama supported stronger federal penalties and corrective mechanisms for deceptive election practices, but the core legislation never became law.

Obama launched a much larger foreclosure-relief effort than the campaign proposal, but the homeowner-stabilization effort fell far short of its stated goals and did not prevent broad housing loss.

Obama administration guidance narrowed some federal profiling practices, but it did not produce a durable statutory ban or a complete end to profiling across law-enforcement settings.

Obama backed labor-law reform that would have made union organizing easier, but the Employee Free Choice Act did not become law.

Obama backed and signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, making it easier to challenge ongoing pay discrimination.

Obama ended the formal U.S. combat mission and drew down combat brigades, but U.S. military involvement in Iraq did not fully end over the longer term.

The Affordable Care Act barred insurers from denying or pricing coverage based on pre-existing conditions in major parts of the insurance market.

Obama moved early to close Guantanamo and reduced the detainee population, but the detention facility remained open at the end of his presidency.

Obama reversed Bush-era limits on federally supported embryonic stem cell research through executive action.

Obama signed the Credit CARD Act, which imposed tighter limits on a range of credit card pricing and billing practices.

Obama enacted worker tax relief, but the ultimate delivery was more temporary and politically altered than the original campaign framing.

Obama signed CHIP expansion legislation early in his presidency, broadening coverage for children.